Paul | I like picnics. I often go on a picnic with my friends. I like hamburgers and milk. I usually take food and drink for a picnic. |
Emma | I like going shopping with my mother. In the morning, we buy clothes at a clothing shop. I like pink. I buy a pink skirt. My mother buys a green dress. In the afternoon, we buy some fish and chicken at the supermarket. |
John | I come from Canada. I am in Yunnan now. I like elephants. Their noses are long. Their ears are very big. They have small eyes. They look very cute and kind. I want to see them with my parents. |
Sarah | My parents work in Fuzhou. We live here together. My father is an office worker. My mother is a teacher. She teaches English. I study in a school. Today is Sunday. I don't go to school. I play with them at home. We are very happy. We have a happy family. |
Do you know that the colour words have other meanings？Now let me tell you.
First，some colour words can be people's last names，such as Brown，Black，Green，White and Red.
Second，some colour words have interesting meanings. For example，blue means unhappy. Green hand means you are new to something. If someone meets a "black cat"，something unlucky might happen to him. Black sheep means bad people in a group. Black coffee means coffee without（没有） milk. White coffee is coffee with milk. If someone tells you to put something "black and white"，they want you to write it down. In China，red is known to be a lucky colour. But you may be surprised to know that British culture（文化） is also full of the colour red. If someone "sees red"，they are angry. A company "in the red" is losing money.
In our school, all students have their favourite subjects. But students in different grades like different subjects.
In Grade Seven, students' favourite subject is always Chinese, because it's their mother tongue and it's easy for them. And most of them don't like English. They think English is very difficult, because it's different from Chinese. And they like PE and music, too. Students at this age like playing sports. They can play soccer, basketball in PE classes. Why is music welcome? Most of them think music is relaxing.
In Grade Eight, some students like maths very much. But they aren't very good at maths, because maths in Grade Eight is a little difficult. They need to do exercises for a long time. Students in Grade Eight also like science and geography. They can learn a lot from science. And they also say they seem (似乎) to go around China in geography classes.
In Grade Nine, English is some students' favourite subject. It's useful. Students often talk with friends in English after school. They even watch English programs on TV to learn more.
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When you are reading something in English, you may often see a new word. If you want to get its meaning (意思), you can just guess and you can also ask your teacher or friends for help. But, what's the best way to know it?
A dictionary is your best friend when learning English. You need an English-Chinese dictionary. It will tell you a lot about the word you don't know. For example (例如), it tells you how to read this word, what it means in Chinese and how to use this word. But there are so many English words in the dictionary and how can you know where the word is? There is a way to look for it.
In the dictionary, you can first see the words beginning with the letter A, then B, C, D, E… That means, if there are two words, "desk" and "hour", " desk" will be before "hour"; "story" before "Sunday", "tomato" before "tomorrow" etc (等等).
The English-Chinese dictionary will be your good friend. I hope you will often use it in your English learning.
Dear Michael,
How are you? Let me tell you now.
In the morning, we have four classes. At 8:00, we have the first class. It is always maths, English or Chinese. My favourite subject is maths. Why? Because I love numbers very much. The second class begins at 9：00. After the class，we have a break（课间休息）. The next two classes are from 10:00 to 11:45. And then we have lunch in the school dining hall at 12:00. I like to eat food there. In the afternoon, we always have PE, art or music. In the PE class, I can play sports. How interesting! Our classes finish at 4:00. Then we can go home.
What about your school days?
Yours,
Zhang Wei
A. This is my least（最少的）favourite time of the day. B. My school days are busy but interesting. C. I always play games with my classmates. D. Do you want to know about my school days? E. I love these subjects because they are relaxing. |
What's your favourite day of the week？Why？（答案不多于15词）
I'm Li Hui. I'm 13 and I 1 at Red Star Middle School. Here is the layout（布局） of my school.
After you walk into the school, you can 2 a classroom building. There are some 3 things in these classrooms. For example（例如），every classroom has a 4 blackboard. Teachers can write on it with a special pen. There is also a 5 in every classroom. Students can take books from the bookcase to read.
Our school sports field is behind the classroom building. It is a 6 open space. Students have PE classes and sports meetings there.
The new sports center（中心）is on the right of the sports field. It is a 7 building with a gym and some other new sports facilities（设施）. There＇s also a big 8 . Students can 9 the information about some sports games. The center is beautiful 10 many students love to play sports there.
11 school library is in front of the sports center. It is a quiet place for students to 12 and study. The building on the left of the classroom building is theatre and music hall. It has classrooms 13 art and music classes. There are also teachers' 14 in this building. They work there. Our school' 15 hall is beside the art and music hall. It is a clean place. Students have lunch there.
I'm Alice，an English girl. I live London with my parents and sister. We often have four meals（餐） a day：breakfast，lunch，tea and dinner. On weekdays we always have a quick breakfast. My sister and I only have some bread and then go to school we don't want to be late. My father drinks some coffee and my mother （have） some salad. We don't have lunch at home on weekdays. My parents have it in the restaurant. My sister and I have it at school. Tea time is usually at about 4：00 pm. We have cakes，chocolate or（banana）.
Dinner is often after 7：00 pm. My parents often give （ we） a big meal. I like the food for dinner. There （be） chicken，fish and vegetables. After dinner，we often do some sports. My mother usually runs for hour with my sister. I play ping-pong with my father at the park. And I'm （real） good at it.
The biggest meal of a week is the Sunday roast（周日烤肉大餐）. It is a （relax） time. We have roast beef，lamb（羊肉） and some salad on Sunday afternoon. After that，my sister often eats some ice-cream，but I don't. I don't want （get） fat.
subject | middle | with | often | good |
I'm Lin Ting from Zhengzhou, China. I'm thirteen years old. I study in a school. I am good at Chinese and it's my favourite . I like English very much, but I find it is hard to learn it . I have an e-pal. She helps me my English. Her name is Jane. She is from New York, the US. She is the same age as me. She likes maths and English best because she is good at them. We send emails to each other. She wants to learn Chinese. I help her to learn Chinese on the Internet.
Hello, my name is Jane. I have a sister named Jenny. B of us like to spend a lot of time reading in a （现代的） library. Where is it? It is a from our school. Sometimes we read beautiful poems(诗歌) with f in our school club: "To be or not to be, that's a question!"
We look l twins but we are different in many ways. First, she is (感兴趣的) in English but I am good at maths. She likes (历史)but I think it's d for me to remember so much information. Second, she can play some musical iShe can (甚至) play in the school band. I like to watch her play.
要求：要点齐全，书写工整，卷面干净，词数80词左右。
From: James |
Hi, Li Hua How's everything going? You are in the new middle school. Can you tell me something about your new school life? What's your favourite subject and why? Are you in an interesting club? Why do you like it? Hope to hear from you soon! |
Dear James,
I'm happy to hear from you. I have a good time here. How about you?
Yours
Li Hua
